I've been trying to install this component with no success so far and i can't find out what is going wrongI have Visual C++ 2010 SP1 redistributable packages installed - even downloaded the package again and ran a "repair" installationRegister_Deskband.dll is correctly installedFoobartoollbar option in Taskbar is tickedI open Foobar and there is no foobardeskband option in the preferences , neither any relevant .dll file in the components section .It seems like the component has not been installed at all

any hints ? Foobar : Latest version OS : Win7

edit : nm , i had not placed the .dll in the foobar folder In other news , can anyone post the settings required for the plugin to look like OP's picture ?

I've been trying to install this component with no success so far and i can't find out what is going wrongI have Visual C++ 2010 SP1 redistributable packages installed - even downloaded the package again and ran a "repair" installationRegister_Deskband.dll is correctly installedFoobartoollbar option in Taskbar is tickedI open Foobar and there is no foobardeskband option in the preferences , neither any relevant .dll file in the components section .It seems like the component has not been installed at all

any hints ? Foobar : Latest version OS : Win7

edit : nm , i had not placed the .dll in the foobar folder In other news , can anyone post the settings required for the plugin to look like OP's picture ?

i also faced the same problem earlier but then i uninstalled the component from foobar, updated foobar to 1.1.14a, installed deskband again. and it works!have you checked the settings tab in preferences>display>Deskband controls ?to install component copy the dll file in the folder \Foobar\componentsinitially it did not show in my folder also when i used preferences>components to install.

Hi, I like this plugin very much and it works great on my Windows 7 machine.... but when I tried to install it on my new Windows 8 computer, when register the dll file, the system will pop up an error alart...and when right click windows toolbar, no foobar deskband controls option to select...

2 emte: Custom font and many other improvements will be in a new version that i am working on. But it needs more time (a few month, i guess) to finish, as i am porting shell extension to .NET in my free time. Feature requests are welcome

2 unbert: Sorry, no idea. It works on clean WinXP SP3, so it must be something with your system.

Ah. Thanks for the reply.For what its worth the official Winamp deskband controls (ugly, impractical) installed without a problem on this system.

But I do have a tweaked non-Microsoft MSStyles, which involves messing slightly with explorer.exeWould that cause the problem?

Maybe, who knows. But if you say that c++ 2010 redistributable is installed then maybe it's some other component. You can try to use dependency walker to see if there are any unresolved dependencies (showed in red), but it doesn't use anything special...

Thanks for the tip, dependency walker doesn't seem to show anything wrong, from what I can tell.

As a last resort, I tried to install foo_deskband_controls.dll, and it works. Seems to give me what I need. Many thanks!

One remaining problem: I have a vertical taskbar, and the height of the deskband won't go below about 80 pixels.As a result, it's taking up about an inch of vertical space. It really should be half that or less.Is there a way to adjust that? I have the taskbar unlocked, obviously.

It's not a big deal, by the way, but it'd be nice to tweak it.Your deskband is on the right. That's the least amount of vertical space I can get it to occupy right now.(The controls at the bottom are for FoxyTunes. They'll be gone once I get this set up and working.)

That did it, terrific!I want to say thankyou, both for the component which I've been using for a few days now and which works perfectly, and for the way you handle questions in the forum. Both excellent. That's rare and is much appreciated. Thanks.

Great plug-in eldarien and as others have said, great support.I've done software development and I know how much time and work goes into something like this.Keep up the good work man. You just made foobar2000 my favorite player.

I made an account just to share how much I love this plugin; it's a cornerstone of usability for me, and you've done great work on it! Thank you. I do have a couple thoughts though. The ability to size text and seek bar/volume field height, and add as many separate text fields as desired would be useful for layout fine tuning. You could also add more options for album art fields, but that's pretty minor and many albums don't have them. Thank you again and good luck.

I created an account just to thank you for this amazing addon! It's just was I was looking for!Also, it works just fine in Windows 8 x64, though I had to tweak position, width and cover size as the default looked all messed up. This was my result after some tinkering with settings: